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Earlier this week, Litt decided to delay bringing the Madoff indictment in front of a grand jury. Observers say he will use his additional time to investigate who else may have been involved in the crime. Those who know Litt say he will dig deep into the evidence to determine who else was complicit in the fraud...
...soils of Africa, where almost 55% of the land is unsuitable for any kind of cultivated agriculture. Help is on the way: the African Soil Information Service is launching a real-time digital map of sub-Saharan Africa's soils, which should allow farmers and policymakers to make better use of the continent's agricultural resources. "Farmers need to know when to invest and when to hold back," says Sanginga, who is involved with the mapping project...
...council passed a policy order in support of a bill in the state legislature that would use the Commonwealth’s pension fund investments “to promote democracy and human rights in Burma...
...fifty students requested to participate in the free, limited-space class that was organized by the HUDS Food Literacy Project (FLP) and the Freshman Dean’s Office. HUDS Executive Chef Lawrence R. Kessel and Currier Chef Christopher Tighe demonstrated a variety of cooking techniques that featured ingredients used by dining hall chefs. The menu: delicata squash with browned butter and sage (Harvard consumed 44,000 pounds of squash this semester, according to Kessel), brown rice pancakes with a citrus salsa (dining halls usually serve the pancakes with soy sauce), a lentil dal with locally distributed curry powder...
...repeatedly assure Senators that he or she will seek their advice and counsel on all matters. Every question from every Senator, no matter how ludicrous, must be given deep deference. If the hearings are not televised, attendance by Senators is optional, but if the cameras are rolling, they must use the opportunity to grandstand. In that sense, Tuesday's hearings at the Foreign Relations Committee to confirm Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton are a good test of her preparedness for the grinding hours of meetings with self-important, highly sensitive foreign officials...